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Fatal A5147 crash in Sefton on 16 January 1979 at 19:55 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A5147 in Sefton at 19:55 on Tuesday 16 January 1979. An 18-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was killed, the 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 29-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Jan 1979
Tuesday, 19:55
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.54578, longitude -2.96084, in the L31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197905J200055
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5147
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 197905J200055 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sefton road accident statistics for 1979.